liEl'OlU OF MJ!. .was MAVKAY 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS. FIELD LOTS. 



421 



Name of Variety. 



1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 G 



7; 



9 

 10 



Banner 



Wide Awake 



Black Beauty .... 



Abundance 



Banner 



Goldfinder 



Improved Lipowo 

 Thousand Dollar. 



Tartar King 



Waverley 



Size 

 of Plot. 



Acres. 



10 

 4i 

 2i 



10" 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 9 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



May 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



9 Aug. • 2G 



12 Sept. 



13 „ ' 

 9 Aug, 

 6 



10 

 12 

 10 

 12 

 10 



Sept. 



1 

 3 



27 



24 



30 



1 



Aug. 27 

 27 

 27 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Strong 



1^ 



In. 



7 



7 



8 



8 



9 



7 



7 



»h 



8" 



Kind 

 of Head. 



Branching 



Sided. 

 Branching 



03 



o a 



LbB. 



38 

 42 



Si 



38 



4U 



41 



37i 



42i 



OAT CROP AND AVERAGE YIELD. 



Variety. 



Cultivation. 



Banner 



Wide Awake 



Black Beauty .... 



Abundance 



Banner 



Goldfinder 



Improved Ligt wo 

 Thousand Dollar. . 



Tartar King 



Waverley 



Fallow 



II 



11 



II 



Backsetting, Brome-sod 

 Fallow 



Acres. 



10 



4.^ 



2A 

 10' 



4 



5 



5 



5 



5 



9 



GO 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



85 

 8.3 

 85 

 77 

 73 

 72 

 72 

 71 

 70 

 70 



24 

 21 

 3 

 5 

 14 

 27 



24 



Total Yield. 



Bush. Lbs. 



SO/ 



3S5 

 212 

 775 

 293 

 303 

 300 

 358 

 3.^3 

 G30 



4,589 



2 



9 



24 



22 

 33 



18 

 8 



23 



Or an average of 76 bushels, 16 lbs. per acre. 



COMPARISON OF FIELD LOTS OF OATS FOR LAST FOUR YEARS. 



Date of ripening and yield of nine varieties of oats grown in field lots under 

 the same conditions. 



Variety. 



1901. 



Banner 



Abundance 



Wide Av.ake 



Improved Ligowo « 



Thousand Dollar ' m 



Goldfinder ! h 



Tartar King 



Waverley 



Black Beauty 



Date 

 ripe. 



Aug. lOllh 



1-3 



221124 20 

 15| 96 . . 



17 

 23 

 28 

 18 

 19 

 19 



83 

 92 

 104 

 104 

 94 

 93 



10 



1902. 



Date 

 ripe. 



Aug. 



It 

 M 



Sept. 



II 



Aug. 



II 



Sei-t. 



21 



23 

 23 

 25 

 2 

 2 

 20 

 25 



3 



PQ 

 87 

 80 

 87 

 77 

 64 

 89 

 85 

 82 

 81 





20 



8 



17 



12 



1903. 



IS 



3 



P3 



x> 



119 2 



106 .. 



98 14 



87 .. 



93 8 



91 21 



86 12 



82 3 



97 13 



1904. 



D 



P9 

 85 

 77 

 85 

 72 

 71 

 72 

 70 

 70 

 85 



JO 



1-3 



24 



5 



21 



24 



27 



22 



1 



3 



Aver- 

 age. 



P3 iJ 



102 6 



96 33 



91 17 



79 30 



80 11 

 89 16 

 86 16 



82 

 89 



